2014 CB1100 DLX - Fairing & Rear Carrier Pics

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Quote:I'm assuming that this is much easier installation on a Standard.
"Not Even". Put socks on the turn signals, line the spacers up, keep them lined up while holding the thing in place while wrenching things tight, bend the stalks every once in a while while not scratching the black finish on those grab bars with your wrench and holding your mouth right at the same time and don't drop that nut you are holding on the inside of the rail with your finger and when you do stop and search the garage floor with a flashlight for awhile and then resume this "easier installation" again.

"Not Even". Put socks on the turn signals, line the spacers up, keep them lined up while holding the thing in place while wrenching things tight, bend the stalks every once in a while while not scratching the black finish on those grab bars with your wrench and holding your mouth right at the same time and don't drop that nut you are holding on the inside of the rail with your finger and when you do stop and search the garage floor with a flashlight for awhile and then resume this "easier installation" again.
hahahahahaha - yep, it's like that, isn't it? What a PITA. And don't forget the spacer on the inside of the frame, or you'll never get a wrench in there.

On this Deluxe, some of the spacers, and two of the bolts came out of my "magic bits bin", and there was even a hacksaw involved in this operation. Oh, they supplied nice hardware, but some of it just didn't work out. Now I have MORE bits in that magic bin.

TAPED everything up with that blue painter's tape (two layers) before starting. Old towels over everything else that could possibly get scratched, dinged, or dented. There are people that are REALLY good at this.... but the rest of us simply tape, tape, tape.